Generative AI at Cannes Lions 2026
Speakers, executives and attendees working in Generative AI at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026.
- Dara Treseder, Chief Marketing Officer (Autodesk)
- Selina Sykes, Vice President Marketing Transformation and Social-First, Beauty & Wellbeing (Procter & Gamble)
- Rachel Thornton, Chief Marketing Officer, Enterprise (Adobe)
- Roberto Stanichi, Executive Vice President and Chief Global Brand Officer (Mattel)
- Emily O'Hara, VP Global Brand & Media (eBay)
- Jon Gieselman, Chief Growth Officer, Connectivity and Platforms (Comcast)
- Hannah Elsakr, Vice President, Gen AI New Business Ventures (Adobe)
- Lauren Greenfield, Emmy Award-Winning Director and Founder (Institute)
- Rustom Dastoor, Executive VP, Head of Marketing & Communications, Americas (Mastercard)
- Hanne Jesca Bax, Global Vice Chair - Clients and Industries (EY Studio+)
- Jessica Qaasim, Head of Industry (Google)
- Judy John, Global Chief Creative Officer (Leo Burnett)
- Sally Barton, Director Marketing Growth Strategy US (Mondelēz International)
- Linda Ha, Deputy Chief Marketing Officer (The Home Depot)
- LaShonda Anderson-Williams, Chief Customer & Commercial Officer (Salesforce)
- Mike Peralta, Global Chief Revenue Officer (Future)
- Richard Raddon, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer (Zefr)
- Roman Di Somma, Head of International Talent (EY Studio+)
- Sean Tindale, Head of Brand (Gen Z)
- Whitney Magnuson, Head of Brand & Media (Zoom)
- Michelle Crossan-Matos, Chief Growth Officer (SharkNinja)
- Vincenzo Riili, CMO (IKEA Retail (Ingka Group))
- Ryan Gavin, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Slack (Salesforce)
- Jessica Tamsedge, CEO (Dentsu Creative UK)
- Ashley Penn, Senior Director Marketing (Adobe)
- David Wadhwani, President, Creativity & Productivity Business (Adobe)
- Krishan Bhatia, Chief Business Officer (Taboola)
- Laurence Buchanan, Global Leader (EY Studio+)
- Raji Behal, Head of Western and Southern Europe, UK & Ireland (Klarna)
- Steven Bartlett, Founder (Diary of a CEO)
- Zoë Ruderman, Chief Content Officer (Adweek)
- Brandon Lentino, Chief Creative Officer (Viral Nation)
- Ben Clark, Executive Director, Global Creative Solutions (TransPerfect / The Mill)
- Annie Smith, Director (LIONS Advisory)
- Shafqat Islam, President and Chief Marketing Officer (Optimizely)
- Gina Igwe, VP, Brand, Creative, and Consumer Marketing (DoorDash)
- Gregory Galant, Co-Founder and CEO (Muck Rack)
- John Koenigsberg, Executive Vice President, Head of Platform Partnerships (Horizon)
- Matt Cull, CEO (Vannda)
- Jeremy Krall, Vice President, Integrated Marketing and Innovation (Qualcomm)
- Suzana Apelbaum, Global AI Marketing Transformation Lead (Google Media Lab)
- Yusuf Mehdi, Executive (Microsoft) (Microsoft)
- Nita Song, CEO (IW Group)
- Jenny Kelly, Head of Content & AI (Deloitte Digital)
- Jenna Kozel King, Vice President, Brand & Corporate Marketing (Databricks)
- James Borow, General Manager (Universal Ads)
- Peggy McCann, Chief Media Officer (GSD&M)
- Anthony Romano, CEO (Laughlin Constable)
- Anna Koicheva, Head of Business Development & Strategic Growth (Tatari)
- Chad Reynolds, CEO (Vurvey)
- Jess Rosenberg, Head of Brand (AirOps)
- Jethro Rothe-Kushel, Founder & CEO (RitualAds)
- Alexandra Debow, Co-Founder & CEO (swsh)
- Alex Collmer, Founder & Executive Chairman (Vidmob)
- Renee Doerre, Senior Director, Ads Marketing (Life360)
- Niamh O'Leary, VP, Revenue Marketing (6Sense)
- Michael Lehman, President, Americas (Equativ)
- Danelsy Medrano Gonzalez, Vice President, Brand, Media and Experiential Strategy – Chase Freedom (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
- Tara DeZao, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Customer Engagement (Pegasystems Inc.)
- Ash King, Senior Director, Firefly Enterprise Solutions (Adobe)
- Conner Sherline, Founder & Chief Executive Officer (Disco)
- Arthur Leopold, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder (Agentio)
- Seth Walters, Head of CTV Sales (Scripps)
- Corey O'Brien, Head of Solutions (Oliver)
- Laura Swinton Gupta, Editor in Chief (Little Black Book)
- Wesley Ter Haar, Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer (Monks)
- Laura Jordan Bambach, Founder and Chief Creative Officer (Uncharted Studio)
- Tim Katz, Managing Partner (Knucklehead)
- Simon Sikorski, President (MurphyCobb)
- Carl Addy, Co-Executive Creative Director (Mayda)
- Andrew O'Dell, Co-founder (Silverside)
- Cliona Hayes, Senior Director of Brand Marketing (Indeed)
- Katie Jackson, Chief Marketing & Audience Officer (Channel 4)
- Cate Goetze, Content Creator (@CatGPT)
- Florian Laszlo, CEO (OBSERVER GmbH Brand Intelligence)
- Michael Frohoff, Founder and CEO (Kruger)
- Bill Magnuson, Co-Founder & CEO (Braze)
- Michelle Hillman, Chief Campaign & Program Officer (The Ad Council)
- Tracy Ann Lim, Managing Director, Global Chief Media Officer (JPMorganChase)
- John Zissimos, Chief Creative & Digital Officer (Salesforce)
- Irina Puzakova, Global Category Media Lead (WPP Media)
- Demis Hassabis, Co-Founder & CEO (Google DeepMind)
- David Blois, Founder and Managing Partner (M&A Advisory)
- Betty Tian, Managing Vice President, Customer Group (Marriott International)
- Duncan Chater, Global Chief Revenue Officer (Bloomberg Media)
- Dawn Lee Williamson, CRO, Media Solutions (Comcast Advertising)
- James Rooke, President (Comcast Advertising)
- Matt Cooper, CEO and Founder (Little Black Book)
- Jess Sibley, CEO (TIME)
- Kerry Parkin, Founder (The Remarkables)
- Nene Parsotam, Executive Creative Director (VINE Creatives)
- Mariana Antaya, Chief Executive Officer & Founder (quantifAI)
- Amit Jain, CEO and Founder (Luma AI)
- Michele Gauthier, VP Production NA and LATAM (Shutterstock)
- Meera Sharath Chandra, Founder CEO & Chief Creative Officer (Tigress Tigress)
- Rich Silverstein, Co-Founder (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)
- Olivier Jollet, Executive Vice President, Pluto TV (Paramount Skydance)
- PJ Pereira, Creative Chairman (Pereira O'Dell)
- Rachelle Minnis, EVP Head of Media and Creative, NA (Kantar)
- Soo Jin Oh, Chief Commercial Officer (FreeWheel)
- Dan Bartfield, Vice President, Global Digital Marketing (Suntory Global Spirits)
- Stephano Kim, Chief Strategy and Operations Officer (Fox Ad Sales)
- Steve Huffman, CEO (Reddit)
- Katty Roberfroid, Director General (egta)
- Vanessa Carr, Senior Director Ad Marketing (DoorDash)
- Thomas Bremond, Managing Director (Comcast Advertising)
- Tyrona Heath, Global Director Thought Leadership GTM (LinkedIn)
- Cliff Obrecht, Co-Founder & CEO (Canva)
- Matt Strauss, Chairman, NBCUniversal Media Group (NBCUniversal)
- Ruxandra Papuc, Global Executive Creative Director and Partner (AIN'T)